Epcot

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Epcot is one of four theme parks at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake ( Florida) near Orlando. It was opened after the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1982. The thematic focus of the park is divided in two international culture and technological innovation in the areas. Epcot was until 1998, with about 120 acres of the geographically largest amusement park in the Walt Disney World Resort and was then replaced by Disney 's Animal Kingdom. With approximately 10.83 million visitors to the park in 2011 was ranked 6 of the theme parks with the most visitors worldwide. The landmark of the park is the main attraction Spaceship Earth.

• 3.1 Leave a Legacy

• 4.1 Spaceship Earth
• 4.2 Innoventions pavilions
• 4.3 Universe of Energy
• 4.4 Mission: SPACE
• 4.5 The Seas with Nemo and Friends
• 4.6 The Land
• 4.7 Imagination!
• 4.8 Test Track
• 4.9 Wonders of Life ( finally closed in 2008 )

• 5.1 World Showcase Lagoon
• 5.2 IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
• 5.3 Mexico
• 5.4 Norway
• 5.5 China
• 5.6 Germany
• 5.7 Italy
• 5.8 USA
• 5.9 Japan
• 5:10 Morocco
• 5:11 France
• 5:12 Great Britain
• 5:13 Canada

History

The planned society

The name Epcot derives from the acronym EPCOT (of English. Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow ). This is the name of a utopian city of the future planned by Walt Disney. In Walt Disney's words, that is:

" EPCOT ... will take its cue from the new ideas and new technologies are now emerging did from the creative centers of American industry. It will be a community of tomorrow thatwill never be completed, but will always be introducing and testing and demonstrating new materials and systems. And EPCOT will always be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free enterprise. "

" EPCOT ... will be a hint for new ideas and technologies that now arise only in the creative minds within the American industry. It will be a society of tomorrow that will never be finished, but constantly trying out new technologies and systems. EPCOT will be a showcase to the world for the ingenuity and imagination of American free economy. "

Walt Disney's original vision of EPCOT was a model city that can home to 20,000 inhabitants, and would thus be virtually as a field test for modern American city planning and organization. The city would be applied circular with commercial and retail space in the center, administrative buildings, schools and recreational areas in a second circle around them and at the edge of the housing estates would be built. Traffic above the city would only have monorails and so-called People Mover ( as they exist in the Magic Kingdoms Tomorrowland ) take place. The car traffic would be shifted into the ground to allow pedestrians a safe and traffic-free situation on the surface. The original model of this futuristic city can be seen in the " Tomorrowland Transit Authority " attraction at the Magic Kingdom Park. If the park visitor puts in a people mover and this occurs in the attraction Stitch's Great Escape, the model is behind glass on the left side.

Walt Disney's vision of the city was never realized. He was not able to finance the project and to obtain the building permit in the state of Florida. He first had the Magic Kingdom park on the lines of Disneyland in Anaheim, Los Angeles, built before the authorities agreed to grant permission for the daring EPCOT project. Disney died but before the theme park Magic Kingdom opened.

After Disney's death, the Walt Disney Company decided that they want to run not a futuristic city. The model society Celebration in Florida should serve as a substitute for the vision of Disney. Celebration but was created on the architectural principles of New Urbanism and thus greatly from Disney's personal vision differs. The idea of Disney's EPCOT was also the reason why the state of Florida presented the District Reedy Creek Improvement District (short RCID ) and the cities of Bay Lake and Reedy Creek under the political guidance of the Walt Disney Company.

The amusement park

The park opened after 3 years of construction on 1 October 1982 with an opening ceremony, entitled We've Just Begun to Dream (Translation: "We have only just started with the dreams " ) its gates. The Sherman Brothers have composed a song for the opening, titled The World Showcase March. The finale was crowned with many released pigeons and hundreds of balloons rose up together in the air. After many performances took place in the individual regions, which are represented in the park part of World Showcase. Material removed from the major rivers of the earth, water was poured into the lagoon of the park from huge container to symbolize the opening of the park.

The dedication of the park was described by E. Cardon Walker, CEO of Walt Disney Productions on October 24, 1982 as follows:

" To all who come to this place of joy, hope and friendship -welcome. EPCOT is inspired by Walt Disney's creative vision. Here, human achievements are Celebrated through imagination, wonders of enterprise and concepts of a future did promises new and exciting benefits for EPCOT Center ave May entertain, inform and inspire and above all, june it instill a new sense of belief and pride in man's ability to shape a world did offers hope to people everywhere in the world. "

" There is a place for the pleasure, hope and a friendly Willkommensein. EPCOT is inspired by Walt Disney's creative vision. In this park we celebrate human achievement by the imagination and curiosity about the plan for a future that promises new and exciting benefits for all people. May EPCOT Center entertain, inform and inspire, and beyond this, it may give you a new awareness to the belief in the human capacity to shape the world according to his own will. This is to give the people all over the world hope. "

The amusement park was originally called " EPCOT Center" and that means that he should embody the ideals of the model city of EPCOT. 1994 but the name was changed to " Epcot '94 " ( no longer akronymisch written because he should not serve as an example of Walt Disney's version of the futuristic city longer), and then a year later was consequently " Epcot '95". As of 1996, the park was called just " Epcot ".

The original plans of the park show the disagreement about what the park is supposed to be: Some engineers wanted to build the park as a representation for emerging technologies where others wanted to build it as an exhibition area for international culture. Both groups developed their own farm models. None of these models but was rejected in favor of the other, but both of them were put together to form a single park and so is today's Epcot consists of two geographic and thematic halves. Due to the agenda-setting international culture and innovative technology, the park now looks like a small world exhibition.

Epcot was until 1996 the most learning-oriented amusement park in the world and had a very sober appearance. So no typical Disney characters were integrated in the park and dedicated to the attractions particularly the intellectual interest. (Eg many of exhibit space, a 360 ° cinema to different regions of the world or one way trips in boats through artificial landscapes).

Since 1996 and the construction of the high-speed rail test track here seems to have been a first philosophy change. This attraction replaced World of Motion, a traffic pavilion sponsored by General Motors. This shift continued with the replacement of attraction Horizons with the attraction Mission: SPACE ( an attraction modeled after the the movie Mission to Mars ). Similarly, many Disney characters have now been integrated into the park. (English: Finding Nemo ) So the pavilion The Living Seas with the theme from the movie Finding Nemo has been added and new called The Seas with Nemo & Friends. The original attraction of El Rio del Tiempo in the Mexico pavilion was extended among others with the figure of Donald Duck and renamed Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros.

Visitor

Epcot had about 10.83 million visitors in 2011. Thus, the park was compared to number 3 on the theme parks with the most visitors in North America and # 6 worldwide. Compared to the other parks in the Walt Disney World Resort Epcot is the second most visited behind the Magic Kingdom with about 17 million visitors in 2011. Within the years 2007 to 2011, the average number of visitors was 10.898 million visitors per year.

Parking arrangement

The park consists of two sections: Future World and World Showcase. Both have been designed along the lines of world expositions in the first third of the 20th century. Above all, modeled after the World's Fair in New York in 1939. Epcot so became the permanent exhibition space for a certain selection of the nations in the world. There are 11,211 parking spaces around the park. Unlike the Magic Kingdom, there are at Epcot only underground tunnels of the buildings Innoventions East, the Electric Umbrella, MouseGear, Innoventions West, Club Cool and Fountain View Espresso. These tunnels are used primarily for the delivery of goods to the shops and restaurants and for waste disposal. There is an entrance to a corridor from the northeastern side ( from the site of the Innoventions-East-/the-Electric-Umbrella-Restaurants ). This leads further into the backstage area of ​​the attraction Universe of Energy / Ellen 's Energy Adventure and then to the eastern side of the main entrance to the complex.

Leave a Legacy

In the entrance area, just behind the main entrance and before Spaceship Earth, there is a monument with the names Leave a Legacy. It consists of several different levels of marbles left and right of the fountain in the center of the area. The marble elements are further divided into sections. In this sections metal plates are attached with the engraved images of visitors. By 2007, park visitors were immortalized her portrait in Epcot.

Future World pavilions

Future World consists of a variety of pavilions, have the innovations of technology on the subject. Originally, each pavilion had its own logo, which was posted in the park. These logos have disappeared over the years and there are only isolated in the park.

Each Future World pavilion was initially sponsored by a group that helped to build it and maintain. But the corporations were allowed to place their logo in a prominent place in the pavilion. For example, the Universe of Energy pavilion is sponsored by Exxon. The The Land pavilion was first described by Kraft Foods and is now sponsored by Nestlé. Each pavilion has a dedicated VIP area for sponsors with entrance area, offices and lounges, which is shielded from the normal park visitors. After the years since its opening, sponsors have withdrawn again and again, because the bill, the success of the branding divided by the cost of the pavilion, did not work out for them. Therefore, some pavilions are now left without a sponsor. Disney prefers to operate pavilions with sponsors, so pavilions without sponsors have an uncertain future. After General Electric had jumped in 1993 from the pavilion Horizons, the park authorities closed it for two years. It was reopened in 1995, 1998 and finally closed completely dismantled in 2000 to the attraction Mission: (: 2003 Opening ) to accommodate SPACE. The company MetLife returned to the pavilion Wonders of Life in 2001, the back, which is rarely opened. The Attraction Test Track is from General Motors, Imagination! SPACE sponsored by Hewlett -Packard: Eastman Kodak and mission. Spaceship Earth was originally sponsored from 1982 to 1984 by Bell system. After Bell system, merged with other companies to AT & T, the pavilion has now been sponsored by AT & T from 1984 to 2003. After take-off from AT & T, the pavilion was two years without a sponsor. Since 2005, he is now sponsored by Siemens AG.

Spaceship Earth

Spaceship Earth is the name of an attraction that has been built up in the dominant sphere. The name means Spaceship Earth, is a quote from the book Progress and Poverty by Henry George and philosophically means that all people have in common a single fate in this universe and therefore have to take care about each other together. Therefore, the attraction treated the subject of communication from prehistoric times up to the present the present. The journey takes about 13 minutes.

The track consists of rotating compartments which are strung together like a chain, the so-called Omnimover system. The compartments are quite far pulled up and the visitor experiences a steep climb. On the way the history of communication is illustrated with animated life-size figures, until the visitors finally finds again in space and looks down upon the earth. From there to the compartment rotates, and it goes back down again to the starting point.

The construction of the overall construction totaling 26 months, and 40,800 work hours. The ball is externally clad with Alucobond tiles, which give her the typical platinum shiny appearance. Since the opening of the attraction was frequently rebuilt and extended. In February 2008, the ball was re-opened. The new sponsor partner is Siemens, which a contract over 12 years was agreed in 2005. Also, the exterior was completed in 2000 with a Mickey - arm as Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia, which carries a wand on which the word " Epcot " is. However, this was dismantled in October 2007. Since then the ball as it originally because without cultivation.

Innoventions pavilions

Innoventions consists of an eastern and a western pavilion. The pavilions include exhibition space with changing sponsors. It is the lernorientierteste environment in Epcot, where park visitors, especially younger age playful new developments and inventions of industry and society are brought closer. Since 2009, Kuka Robocoasters is integrated in the eastern pavilion, a ride based on an industrial robot.

Universe of Energy

The Universe of Energy is sponsored by ExxonMobil. It is a humorous reclaimed show with famous stars and revolves mainly around the various production possibilities of energy. The attraction is divided into two parts. On the one hand is a film to watch on big screens, on the other hand, viewers are driven with remotely operated vehicles by an artificial landscape where artificial dinosaurs and an artificial Ellen DeGeneres can be seen. The film sequences that show the following additional step on: Bill Nye, Alex Trebek and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Mission: SPACE

Mission: SPACE was sponsored in 2000 by Compaq and after the merger since 2002 by Hewlett- Packard. It was first opened in June 2003 for a few visitors and on 9 October 2003 for the regular operation.

It is an attraction that simulates a flight to Mars by centrifugal forces. It consists of several centrifuges with several pivoting cabins. In the cabins of four people can get in and have to buckle up. Before the eyes there is a screen with a film that represents the flight as it would see someone who would see from a spacecraft cockpit. The feeling of increased gravity or acceleration forces produced by the turning of the cabins. The feeling of gravity generated by the pivoting of the cab 90 ° forwards. The spacecraft is thus a combination of acceleration and weightlessness feelings, a movie for the scenery and little involvement of visitors in the action by roles to assume, for example, the role of the pilot, engineer, etc., at the right time a button need to press and may thus influence the correct functioning of the flight apparently.

The theme of Mission: SPACE has been inspired by the film Mission to Mars. The visitor sees at the entrance of this film several props as well as the reduced model of the spacecraft.

The Seas with Nemo and Friends

This pavilion was opened in 1986 as "The Living Seas ". He was then reconstructed in 2003, and adapted to the theme of the Pixar film Finding Nemo. He is now called " The Seas with Nemo & Friends " and is sponsored by United Technologies since 2001. 2005, the pavilion was again heavily remodeled to be re-opened in October 2006. Earlier elements of the pavilion concept "The Living Seas" were completely removed, such as the so-called " Hydrolators " lift- dummies, which should give visitors the impression that they lead by elevator to " Seabase Alpha".

In the pavilion, there are several aquariums with different seawater animals and two attractions: Turtle Talk with Crush, an interactive computergerenderter film in which the turtle Crush from the movie Finding Nemo communicates with the visitors, and the attraction " The Seas with Nemo and Friends " which is named after the pavilion. This attraction of visitors increases in a shell-shaped cabin, the " Clamobil ", drives it through the underwater world of the film Finding Nemo and experienced a similar story once again.

The Land

This pavilion has sustainable agriculture and new technologies in food production on the subject.

The country is a pavilion that is sponsored by Nestlé. It includes three attractions: The Circle of Life, an educational film with the Disney characters Simba, Timon and Pumbaa in the movie The Lion King. Living with the Land, a boat ride through greenhouses, which is devoted to new ways of industrialized farming of crops and the breeding of animals. In addition, the Pavilion is home to Soarin ', a copy of the same attraction at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim. It is a flight simulator that simulates a gliding over California. These visitors will be driven in four-seater " kite " a few meters into the air right in front of an Imax screen. It is possible to produce a perfect illusion: It only really takes the film on the screen and, if you do not sit in the front row, true the other dragons, while the view is obstructed believable too far upwards from the " sail". To sail The feeling is further enhanced by a fan.

Imagination!

This pavilion is dedicated to the imagination and the human senses in all its dimensions.

Imagination! used to be called "The Journey Into Imagination" and has been sponsored since its opening until August 2010, so almost 28 years of Eastman Kodak. It includes two attractions: Captain EO, a so-called 4-D movie, so a 3D movie with additional effects, such as air currents and movement of the seats, so that the viewer will also inject it into the action, and Journey into Imagination with Figment, an attraction with the Disney character Figment, dedicated to the five human senses. The film Captain EO with lead actor Michael Jackson was already running from 1986 to 1994 and then by the movie " Honey, I Shrunk the Audience " replaced. After the death of Michael Jackson Captain EO film is showing since July 2, 2010.

Test Track

Test Track is an unconventional roller coaster. The passengers are crash test dummies on a test track by a car manufacturer. Accordingly, the wagons of the roller coaster cars are modeled after the large, partly covered way of the roller coaster is elaborately designed as a car test track with different test situations. Unlike traditional roller coasters test track has almost level. In the output range up to 2012 cars of the main sponsor General Motors were issued.

After a revision of 15 April 2012 until early December 2012 during which the attraction was closed, GM disappeared as a sponsor, as only the daughter Chevrolet brand will be presented. In addition, the queue was modernized and renewed or supplemented with films on the development of a car. It was created a space where visitors can design their own car, this takes place on the touch screen. The most important changes were, however, when driving. Instead of some transport tests at the beginning, you ride through a futuristic scenes that the Disney movie Tron: Legacy are ajar. The route, however, remained the same. In the outdoor area and the "High Speed ​​Loop" signs were removed and the yellow road markings replaced by purple.

Wonders of Life ( finally closed in 2008 )

This pavilion was dedicated to the human body and health. He had several attractions. Body Wars, a simulator which takes the visitor into an artificial blood stream. In this film, Leonard Nimoy had led the government and it played Tim Matheson, Elizabeth Shue and Dakin Matthews. Cranium Command, a movie theater to the function of the brain, which is told with animated actor. Goofy About Health, a multimedia show with Goofy cartoons about health.

World Showcase

World Showcase consists of eleven pavilions from eleven countries: Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, USA, Japan, Morocco, France, United Kingdom, Canada.

Of the eleven nations Norway and Morocco did not participate in the opening ceremony of the park because they were added later. All pavilions of these nations have shops and restaurants where you can buy products from these countries. The staff also come from the respective countries. Many are students who can relate a student residence in Walt Disney World. Some of these pavilions also include attractions and shows. The only sponsored by their own country pavilion in the World Showcase is one of Morocco. The others are like those from the Future World sponsored by large corporations. Pavilion of Russia, Spain, and Israel never came out on its planning phase. A pavilion for the Equatorial Africa was indeed planned but never built, was instead a small refreshment stop with African presentation called Outpost. After the amusement park Disney 's Animal Kingdom opened, all other plans of an African Pavilion were dropped because the new amusement park already has a very strong African agenda-setting.

To save costs, you opened earlier the World Showcase until two hours after regular Park opening and closing the other hand, the attractions in Future World already at 19:00 clock. As more modern and popular attractions like Test Track, Soarin ' and Mission in recent years: SPACE opened, these attractions including The Seas with Nemo Me and Friends and Spaceship Earth recently open until official park closing.

Unlike the Magic Kingdom, where no alcohol may be served, many shops and restaurants alcoholic beverages offer in the World Showcase. These drinks are representative for the particular country. Also beer is sold for refreshment. A favorite activity of visitors is now called " to drink it around the globe ."

There is a park entrance with the name International Gateway between the French and the British pavilion. Guests from the Epcot Resorts and guests of the Disney studios can so reach the park via boat or walk on foot.

World Showcase Lagoon

The World Showcase Lagoon is an artificial lake in the World Showcase area. It has a circumference of more than two miles.

IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth

This thirteen- minute fireworks (usually at 21:00 clock ) kindled every night before the park closed in the middle of the Word Showcase Lagoon. The show includes not only fireworks but also effects with lasers, fire and water fountains, which are used in sync with the music. A large rotating globe, equipped with LED screens, stands in the center and displays images of various people and places in the world. The current version was first performed for the year -2000 - celebration. The story of the show is about the three currents of the earth with the titles of chaos, order and meaning. The music consists of traditional African music, this is to symbolize the idea of ​​humanity as a single united nation. The lagoon is surrounded by 20 large flares, which are symbolic of the last 20 centuries. The show ends in opening the globe like a lotus flower and dismisses a 21 torch for the new century.

Mexico

The Mexican pavilion resembles an Aztec pyramid. Visitors walk at the entrance by a selection flared Mexican art of " Animales Fantasticos " Art Collection. The main room is a Mexican marketplace in the night by the name of " Plaza de los Amigos ". At the end of this plaza is a restaurant San Angel Inn. From here you can see an artificial river, the model of an active volcano. The river is also an attraction with small boats and is called El Rio del Tiempo ( The River of Time ). The entrance to this attraction is located on the right side of the square. After the visitor attraction at the volcano and the restaurant are pulled over, they are guided through the history of Mexico. This ranges from the pre-Columbian past to the then present (ca. 1982). On January 2, 2007, this attraction was closed to fully restructure. The name of the new attraction " Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros ". The issue has also changed and the train now tells the story of three Caballeros. The web shows how the three Caballeros are reunited for the big show in Mexico City. During the journey, Donald disappears to visit the sights of the country, leaving behind his friends José Carioca and Panchito. These friends then embark on the search for Donald. In addition to the new theme, all props, facades and sound systems are replaced. The new attraction was opened on April 6, 2007.

Norway

China

In the Chinese pavilion, the visitor passes through a large Chinese gate. In the courtyard there is a dominant Chinese temple called " the temple of heaven." This is the entrance to attraction Reflections of China, a 360 -degree film about China's history and landscape. The courtyard is bordered by shops selling Chinese goods. In the pavilion there are a number of ponds, run over the bridges. The pavilion also includes a Chinese restaurant called " Nine Dragons Restaurant " ( restaurant to the nine dragons) and a fast-food restaurant called " Lotus Blossom Cafe " (lotus flower Café). On the roof of the Nine Dragons Restaurant is a man sitting on a chicken. This is Prince Min a ruler from the third century, who was hanged for his atrocities. As a warning to other tyrants, it became customary to place an image of him on homes. The animals, which are made to him should keep him from escaping. There are also regular performances of Chinese acrobats.

Germany

The German Pavilion was modeled on a "typical" small German town. However, it is aware of different architectural elements from the various regions of Germany available. In the square stands a statue of Saint George and the dragon, as there is a bell tower. The beer garden at the end of the courtyard, sells traditional (mainly Southern Germany ) dishes such as sausages and sauerkraut and wheat beer. The pavilion also has a large number of small shops selling German goods such as dolls or cuckoo clocks as well as wine from Central Hesse and other German wine regions. In the vicinity of the pavilion is a small model city with model railways. Formerly a boat ride attraction with the name Rhine River Cruise ( Rhine Journey ) was planned for the German pavilion.

Italy

The Italian pavilion has a plaza with several well-known buildings of Venice and Rome, for example, also a replica of the Campanile in St. Mark's Square and a replica of the Doge 's Palace in Venice. The pavilion also includes the restaurant " Tutto Italia ", which the restaurant L'Originale Alfredo di Roma Ristorante replaced 2007, which were built by the descendants of Alfredo di Lellio, the inventor of Fettuccine Alfredo and had a classical Roman decor. The Piazza is decorated with statues and a fountain of Neptune and lions from St. Mark's Square in Venice. In the square there are several street performers such as clowns and mimes. Previously, there were also artists who operated as living statues. These are found today but rather the French pavilion. The pavilion also has some small shops selling Italian goods such as candy and wine. The pavilion also has a VIP area, from where you can watch the fireworks show particularly good.

USA

The American Pavilion is a building that was modeled after the American colonial style. It includes the stage show "The American Adventure" about American history, which is performed by automated actors. Also found are the Hall of Flags, where several flags are kept out of American history in the building. In addition, there is also the " Liberty Inn " to find restaurant that serves typical American fare like cheeseburgers or hot dogs. Also, is there a small shop that sells small American souvenirs.

Japan

The Japanese pavilion consists of several buildings that surround a courtyard. The courtyard entrance is equipped with a Japanese pagoda. A Torii gate decorated the water front in the lagoon. The area has a lot of Japanese water pool and gardens. At the end of the yard with the door to the Japanese castle, including a moat, which includes an exhibition on Japanese culture. The Mitsukoshi store sells many Japanese goods such as clothes, jewelry and toys. This has been expanded in recent years and now offers a much wider selection of sale items. For example, today a lot more Japanese popular culture products are sold to satisfy the growing especially in the U.S. interest in such objects. The Teppanyaki Dining Room offers dishes that are prepared by a chef right before the eyes of the visitors. It was also an attraction called Meet the World planned, which corresponds to an attraction at Disneyland Tokyo. This attraction has also been built, but have never actually operated. There were other plans, such as a Fuji -san- coaster, or a Godzilla -Bahn, which, however, were both rejected because of respect for the Japanese culture.

Morocco

The Moroccan pavilion was a Moroccan city modeled, which additionally contains the replica of the Koutoubia minaret of Marrakesh. The pavilion has a restaurant " Marrakesh " and café " Tangerine ", which are typical Moroccan dishes offer as roast lamb and shish kebab. In the pavilion, there are furthermore an art gallery and a Fez House as an example of the typical Moroccan houses. Likewise, this pavilion has many stores that carry a Moroccan atmosphere and sell goods such as carpets, leather goods and clothes. The area is decorated with gardens and fountains, giving the whole a North African flair. Later in the evening a musical show is performed with belly dancers, who call the park visitors to dance with them. As the only pavilion he is not sponsored by a company but by the King of Morocco himself, who has also sent Moroccan artisans for the construction, so that the pavilion appears authentic.

France

The French Pavilion is like a Paris neighborhood and offers besides a pool with fountains and a view of the Eiffel tower in the distant background. The shops are located on the street and sell French goods such as Perfumes. The pavilion contains the " Impressions de France" panorama cinema which reported its cities and historical structures. The pavilion has two French restaurants, the Bistro de Paris and Les Chefs de France and a bakery Boulangerie Patisserie.

Great Britain

The British pavilion looks like a small British village, which contains buildings that are inspired by the different architectural periods of British architecture. Similarly, one finds a typical English garden maze. The stores sell British goods such as tea, toys, clothes and many merchandise about the Beatles. There is also a Beatles band called The British Invasion, playing Beatles songs. It also has a pub called The Rose & Crown Pub, in addition to the beer, liqueurs and wine traditional British dishes are offered. On weekend evenings occurs in the pub " Pam Brody" a pianist and entertainer on showing off a selection of well-known British music. When pavilion also houses the restaurant Harry Ramsden's, the fish and chips sold.

Canada

The Canadian pavilion begins with a castle-like building, which is modeled on an old Canadian hotel. Behind it is a rocky landscape with waterfalls. The main attraction is a 360 -degree movie called O Canada! Showing Canadian cities and landscapes.

Find out more

• The lining of the pedestrian zone was stained according to studies by Disney and Kodak with a special Pink, to reveal the grass green and the park brighter and cleaner on photos.

• As a reminder, the opening of EPCOT Center in 1982, the project engineers have a large cake baked according to the model of the park. They called it EpCake: The Experimental Prototype Cake of Tomorrow (translated: " The experimental prototype of a cake of tomorrow," alluding to Disney's City of Tomorrow. )